After Li Yan brought the grain back to Qilizhai, a few days later, Wang Banto, who collected taxes, came again.

"President Li, the villain is here to bother you again." Wang Bantou said with a smile.

Li Yan said helplessly: "Wang Bantu, you have been very busy these months. What tax are you collecting this time?"

Wang Bantu nodded and replied, "This time I am here to collect autumn taxes. I have to do my job. Please let Li Zhuang Hai, please wait."

"Autumn tax?" Li Yan frowned and said, "Isn't it done in December?"

"Yes, yes." Wang Bantou nodded and said, "It's enough to be completed in December. This time, the villain came here, so that Mr. Li would first notify Mr. Li to be prepared."

Li Yan said impatiently: "Tell me, how much?!"

Wang Bantou smiled and said, "There are 290 taels in total."

"How many?!" Li Yan stared at Wang Bantou and asked.

Wang Bantou quickly explained: "Mr. Li, we have seen your current land acres, at least 1,600 acres. The current grain price has dropped a little compared to the summer. You only paid half of it, and the villain has calculated it carefully for you. If you think the villain is wrong and the villain has asked someone to calculate it again now, what do you think?"

Li Yan stopped looking at Wang Bantou and started to taste tea with his eyes closed. After slowly putting down the tea cup, he said, "It's still 310 acres, and the rest are newly opened and there is no harvest."

"But the original rule is to get a land." Wang Banto said in embarrassment: "Please don't make things difficult for the villain, as the villain and the brothers are just making a living."

Li Yan pulled down his face and said sternly: "I have given your meal money before! I will not pay the meal money again now! You and your dirty accounts, you can get it yourself, I will not accompany you!"

Wang Bantou was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Yan to be so tough and speak out so bluntly. But after a moment of stunned silence, he immediately returned to his humble appearance and begged: "President Li, you should consider it again. It's not easy for the county magistrate. It's very tight. If you get the exam, you can see the amount of tax payment for the grain."

"Wang Bantou," Li Yan suddenly said with a smile: "I heard that your family has carved beams and painted buildings, and a beautiful wife and concubine. It is said that your family has at least two or three thousand stones of food hidden in your family. I wonder if these things can be worth half of the taxes in He County? And Zhang Dianshi, who is rich."

Wang Bantu asked in a trembling voice: "Mr. Li, what do you mean? Zhang Dianshi is close to Master Huang, so you can't do anything randomly."

Li Yan said lightly: "If you want to enjoy it, I want to survive. You enjoy yours, but you can't make me unable to survive. Everyone will live their own lives, wouldn't they all be at ease? As for Zhang Dianshi, you can learn what I say to him. I think he should be able to understand my painstaking efforts."

Wang Bantu did not dare to stay anymore, so he immediately bowed and said, "Okay, okay, the villain will definitely bring your words to you."

"Slow." Li Yan called Wang Banto.

"What are the instructions on Mr. Li?" Wang Bantou quickly stopped and turned around and asked.

Li Yan said: "Wang Bantou first wait, it will not be too late to leave after taking this year's autumn tax." Then he ordered someone to go and get the money.

After a while, Li Zhong sent the money. Li Yan handed over the 58 taels of silver to Wang Bantou and said, "Wang Bantou, our autumn tax has also been paid. Have you forgotten something?"

Wang Bantu immediately understood and asked his subordinates to come in and issue a certificate, and recorded that the autumn tax under Li Yan's name had been paid.

Li Yan nodded at this time and said, "Okay, Wang Bantu can go back."

Wang Bantou was pardoned and immediately left with silver and his brothers. He saw that Li Yan had much more soldiers than two months ago. At that time, he dared to fight against Yang Shouge, let alone his strength has increased significantly now. If a little fish like him joins the war between both sides, there will be only a dead end.

Seeing that Wang Banto and his men had left, Li Yan shook his head and sighed: "There are not many self-cultivating farmers a long time ago, and they are still asking farmers for money. There is really a problem!"

Li Zhong was also very indignant and said, "The court has no righteous ministers! Who is not clear about the current situation? They just dare not report to the emperor. They are afraid that they will harm them and the interests of their relatives and relatives. "The hometown wishes are great thief of virtue." Confucius is indeed a saint, and he has seen through everything."

Li Yan shook his head helplessly. What he wanted to say was that the emperor was the same. His relatives and honorary relatives also occupied good land and monopolized the business of making money. Not only did they not pay taxes, but they also had to give the court a fortune. What's even more annoying is that they actually asked the emperor to give land and give the land they got through various means to the emperor personally. If the emperor was a little moved and wanted them to pay some money, they would resist unitedly and even kill the emperor's son. These were really crazy!

Huguang, Zhuxi County, a small town.

Although Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai defeated Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai's attack, the entire Ming Dynasty now knew that they had rebelled, so it was difficult for them to attack the prepared county town. So they had to move outside the county town, but they still did not leave the mountains between the houses and bamboos.

"Cao Cao," Zhang Xianzhong said worriedly: "Yang Sichang is coming soon, we should move."

Cao Cao held a beautiful woman and asked the woman to feed him grapes. While chewing the grapes, he asked vaguely: "How do you move?"

Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about Cao Cao's unrestrained state. Now the generals of the rebel army are like this, and he himself is the same. He said: "Look west and go to the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan. The mountains are big enough and there are many ways to go. We will definitely not be able to catch us."

"Aren't there mountains everywhere here?" Cao Cao smiled while raising and raising the woman, "We are familiar with the land here. Such a large mountain is enough. Why go to the place where birds don't poop?"

Zhang Xianzhong frowned and said, "You have seen Yang Sichang's 'Four Directions and Six Corners, Ten-Side Net'. He will do this when he comes. At that time, we will surround us in this area and we will be unable to fly."

"How could it be that evil?" Luo Rucai wiped the woman's tears while saying indifferently: "At worst, we can surrender again, it's not that we have surrendered. It's not that we have saved enough strength before we can rebel against him. Don't cry, don't cry, I, Cao Cao, will treat you well." Obviously, the following words comforted the beautiful woman he was holding.
Chapter completed!